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    <literallayout class="normal">Lend us a couple of bob till Thursday.
I'm absolutely skint.
But I'm expecting a postal order and I can pay you back
as soon as it comes.
Love, Ewan.
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    <para>Take it away, Eric the Orchestra Leader!</para>
    <literallayout class="normal">A one, two, a one two three four
Half a bee, philosophically,
    must, *ipso facto*, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be,
    *vis a vis* its entity.
D'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
    or not to be an entire bee,
        when half the bee is not a bee,
            due to some ancient injury?
Singing...
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